International

The President has approved Sachin Tendulkar’s name for nomination as a member of the Rajya Sabha.Bollywood actor Rekha, and businesswoman Anu Aga are the two others whose names have been approved for a nominated seat in the Upper House of Parliament. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had written to the President with the government’s recommendations. Observers, [...]

A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Indian Ocean after an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia a little after 2 pm. Officials in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are preparing for evacuation procedures, though they stress that there has been no tsunami sighting so far. Right after the quake, [...]

The Finnish giant Nokia is reportedly shifting its base to Asia. If reports are to be believed, Nokia has already closed plants in Germany, Hungary and Romania and now it’s turn of Finnish assembly plant; leading to employee layoff of over 1000 employees in Salo in southern Finland plant. Sources informed, Nokia has still stuck [...]

If the threats issued by Anonymous are to be believed, then Internet users, globally, should be prepared for this Saturday, the 31st of March, for it is on this day that Anonymous plans to take down the Internet, confirms a Pastebin post. Anonymous have drawn up a rough plan of how they plan to carry [...]

A judge has sent a cast member of the Harry Potter films to prison for taking part in rioting that flared across England last summer. Judge Simon Carr sentenced Jamie Waylett, who played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in six of the films, to two years in jail. Prosecutors said Waylett was part of a small [...]

A video from Chile captures an unusual flying object during an air-show. The footage, from 2010, appears to show a ‘spot’ moving quickly from frame to frame, causing the engineer who spotted the aberration enough alarm that he alerted the Chilean Government. The UFO made an appearance during an acrobatic air-show at the El Bosque [...]

A strong earthquake has shaken northern Japan tonight, and a small tsunami is forecast for part of its Pacific coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the tremor was magnitude 6.8. A tsunami of about a half-meter was forecast for Hokkaido island’s central and eastern Pacific coast, and for Aomori and Iwate prefectures. Iwate prefecture was [...]

Minor tremors measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook New Delhi-NCR on Monday afternoon. The tremors were also felt in several areas of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The epicentre of the quake was Bahadurgarh near Delhi-Haryana border. Office buildings in Gurgaon in Haryana were reportedly told to evacuate following the medium intensity [...]

The Pirate Bay is facing a ban in the UK following a ruling by the High Court. Judge Richard Arnold declared that the website encourages users to infringe on music copyright, paving the way for broadband providers to block the service. Pirate Bay provides a searchable index of links to BitTorrent trackers, primarily films, music and software. [...]

Supreme Court’s telecom verdicts: Ten big facts on what happened today   The Supreme Court has delivered three verdicts today with huge ramifications for the government, India Inc and cell phone users across the country. Here are 10 big facts on today’s verdicts, delivered by Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly, who retires today. 1)   Verdict [...]